The Leopard and His Spots
A sharply critical column on the 1920 Republican and 1912 Progressive splits, naming leaders like Penrose and Watson, and denouncing party realignments. It condemns the Chicago convention and warns against jingoism over Japan, then jokes about Texas primary campaigns and the Harding nomination.
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Taft
Waterloo
Chicago
Messrs Barnes
Guggenheim
Penrose
Watson
Indiana
Roosevelt
Bull Moose Camp
Vermont
Utah
Harding
Banch
Theodore Roosevelt
Old Guard
Woman Suffrage Debate Sparks Quip at Meeting
Mrs. Catt described suffrage as a long campaign while another paper quoted Miami News noting a psychiatrist calling baseball fans crazy. The exchange highlights tensions over reform and public opinion.
Old man hopes son’s medical studies earn free prescriptions
In a Miami News item an elderly man jokes his son's college study in medicine will net free prescriptions. A Muskogee Times-Democrat quip recalls a dignified man whose porch life was interrupted by thieves stealing his watermelons.
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Miami News
Bibulous
Muskogee
Logan County Produces Largest Corn Crop in a Decade
Guthrie reports the biggest corn harvest in Logan County in ten years, marking a notable agricultural milestone for the region.
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Guthrie
Logan County
Cordell Sets September 6 Opening Date for Schools
Cordell officials announce September 6 as the opening date for the new school year. In other notes, Kaw City owner A T Line reports 100 sheep killed. Lawton tradesmen plan a Labor Day celebration. Comanche County valuation set at $19,000,000 by County Assessor E L Gordon. Democrats in Miami organize a Cox Roose velt club.
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Lawton
Comanche County
E. L. Gordon
Hays Charges Cox with Playing Both Sides
Shawnee News quotes Chairman Hays accusing Cox of dual allegiance in political maneuvering. The item hints at ongoing lines of inquiry into Cox while prompting curiosity about the young Mr. Hays activities in this matter.
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Shawnee News
Hays
Cox
American athletes win at Antwerp and scouts win at London
Bartlesville Examiner notes American athletes triumph at Antwerp and American Boy Scouts take top honors at the International Jamboree in London. Shawnee News urges voters to assess Governor Cox during his planned Oklahoma campaign stop to judge his personality and speeches.
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Bartlesville Examiner
Antwerp
London
Shawnee News
Cox
Oklahoma
Miami School of Mines to Open September 13
Miami announces the opening of the Miami school of mines on September 13 with Lloyd B. Drake as president. Bell Telephone Company is building a central office in the city as part of the development.
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Miami
Miami _ school of mines
Lloyd B. Drake
Bell Telephone Company
Holdenville Adds Third Sewage District Improvement
Holdenville city authorities move to expand sanitation with a proposed third sewage district project to improve sewer services and infrastructure.
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Holdenville
Wilbur Resumes Law Practice in Sapulpa
J. C. Wilbur, who recently resigned as special inspector for Indian service at Muskogee, has begun practicing law in Sapulpa.
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Sapulpa
J. C. Wilbur
Indian Service
Muskogee
McLain County Population Rises in 1920 Census
The 1920 McLain county census reports 19,326 residents, up from 15,659 in 1910, indicating growth over a decade.
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Purcell
McLain County
The Earthquake and the Reckoning of a Quiet Night
A narrator wanders by a lake when the earth quakes and the world seems to dance. He recalls past deceit and regrets choices from youth and religious turns, then ends with a quip about retrieving a cold bottle from the ice.
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John
Gabe
Holdenville Farmers Plan to Buy Expert Cotton Grader
Local farmers convened to approve the purchase of a professional cotton grader for Hughes county. The plan aims to improve seed quality measurement and ginning efficiency, signaling a proactive step in regional agricultural practices.
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Holdenville
Hughes County
Harding-Coolidge-Harreld Republican Club Formed
Lawton Hazel M. Johnson declares candidacy for county superintendent of schools on the Republican slate as the Muskogee Harding Coolidge Harreld group forms under county Republicans.
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Muskogee
Republican Club
Lawton
Hazel M. Johnson
Holdenville Grocer to Open With 75000 Capital
In Holdenville a large wholesale grocer announces a new store set to open soon backed by a capital stock of 75000 dollars. The planned venture indicates expansion in the wholesale grocery sector and signals job and market activity for the area.
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Holdenville
Purcell Stock Sales Set for County Fair by Breeders
At the county fair this fall the McLain County Pure Breeders association will hold stock sales. The event highlights the breeding group’s offerings and showcases local livestock.
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Purcell
McLain County Pure Breeders Association
Okmulgee Free Fair Opens September 15
The OKMULGEE-Okmulgee County Free Fair will open September 15 with motorcycle races on the opening day.
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Okmulgee
Okmulgee County
Cox vows to prove charges on campaign fund
Governor Cox says he will prove his charges about the size of the Republican campaign expense fund. He will present details in a Pittsburgh address next Thursday night and accuses Senator Harding of ignorance while warning of dangerous signs.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Ohio
Cox
Pittsburgh
Harding
Dairyman Punished Over Front Seat Headlight Ride
Kansas City, Kas. W. M. Farmer, a dairyman, is summoned to police court for letting his two sons ride astride the truck headlights to decide who sits in front. He has a week to devise a safer plan.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kas
W. M. Farmer
Farmer
State Senate Candidate Tallies Oklahoma Day Ties
A candidate for state senate from this district seeks to represent Oklahoma at the annual Oklahoma Day celebration held in Colorado Springs. The event gathers state delegates and local officials to honor Oklahoma heritage with program remarks and civic activities.
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Didate
State Senate
Oklahoma
Colorado Springs
Gas rate hike proposed by Consumers company in mining district
The Consumers company applied to the state corporation commission for a gas rate increase in the mining district from 25 to 35 cents.
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Miami
State Cororation Commission
Milton family sues Rock Island railroad for 35000 dollars
Earnest Milton and his daughter Mary Jane sue the Rock Island railroad seeking 35000 dollars after their automobile was demolished when struck by a Rock Island train. The suit alleges negligence in the incident.
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Anadarko
Earnest Milton
Mary Jane
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Women organize club to preserve produce for county fair
A new M Wome makers club in PaWHUSKA aims to can and preserve vegetables and fruits for the county fair. Led by local Black girls, the group seeks to promote home food preservation and community involvement.
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Pawhuska
State puts value on public buildings at fourteen million two hundred twenty-seven thousand eight hundred
Oklahoma City figures released by the state board of public affairs show state controlled buildings valued at 14 227 800 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Public Affairs
Oklahoma
John D. Whitehurst
State Board of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Crop Estimates
Washington
Hugo Health Inspector Plans Closures Over Unsanitary Shops
Hugo R F Burke state health department inspector said he would inspect every business house in Hugo and close all found unsanitary.
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Hugo
R. F. Burke
State Health Department
Soldier Ba sil Pilcher Rested in Kildare Cemetery
The body of Overseas Soldier Ba sil Pilcher who died in France during the world conflict has been deposited in the local cemetery in Kildare.
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Kildare
Basil Pilcher
France
Speer Spends 60 Cents on Soda for Nomination Bid
Miami, John R. Speer, a Democratic candidate for county assessor, used a 60 cent bottle to rally support and secure the Democratic nomination for county surveyor.
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Miami
John R. Speer
Doctor Thompson Resigns from Muskogee H S Office
Dr. Claude A. Thompson, examiner for the United States Health Service in the Muskogee district, has resigned and will report to the district office in Houston Texas.
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Muskogee
Claude A. Thompson
United States Health Service
Houston
Texas
Kay County Court Opens With Heavy Fall Docket
Ponca City report states Kay county district court will open September 7 with an extremely heavy docket and is expected to sit at least a month.
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Ponca City
Kay County
Merrifield to Lead Kay County Farm Demonstration
Fred R. Merrifield, a Oklahoma A and M graduate and former Grant County farm demonstrator, will arrive to serve as Kay County farm demonstrator.
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Ponca City
Fred R. Merrifield
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Grant County Farm
Kay County Farm
Council Rejects Road Bid. Highway Panel Approves
Kingfisher county commissioners refused to accept bids for two miles of hard surfaced road north of Kingfisher. The state highway commission approved the bids, clearing the project for construction.
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Kingfisher
Kingfisher County
State Highway Commission
Purcell Considers Charter Change to Manager Government
An amendment to Purcell's charter is being drafted and, if approved at a forthcoming special election, will replace the current commission system with a manager form of government.
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Purcell
Oklahoma City Newsies Form Temporary Union
Oklahoma City newsies and circulators organize a temporary union and plan to request a charter from the Newsboys' Union of America. Guthrie businessmen push campaigns to drum up interest in the county free fair set for September 20 to 23.
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Oklahoma City
Newsies
Newsboys’ Union of America
County Free Fair and Township Fairs Schedule
ADA the Pontoto county free fair will be held here September 15 to 18. School and township fairs will take place in various places August 23 to September 11.
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ADA
Pontoto¢ County
Vankirk Re elected President Of Oklahoma SDA Conference
Rev. M. B. Vankirk of Oklahoma City has been reelected president of the Oklahoma conference of the Seventh Day Adventists.
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Oklahoma City
M. B. Vankirk
Oklahoma
The
Seventh Day Adventists
PaWAhUSKA Osage Nation Receives $2 229 000 Part Payment
Pa howusk a Osage Indians have received two point two nine million dollars from the Indian office as part payment they are to be given this year in settlement of their claims and allotments.
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Indian Office
Oklahoma City to host 90th Division veterans reunion
Plans advance for the second annual reunion of the veterans of the 90th division in Oklahoma City. The gathering is scheduled for September 25, 26 and 27 with organizers inviting former soldiers to attend and share memories.
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Oklahoma City
90Th Division
Beck Discusses Paper Problem at New London Forestry Conference
Edward Beck of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association told a New Hampshire forestry conference that pulpwood export restrictions should be settled by the courts rather than politics. He argued Canada’s timber laws require impartial review and warned unrestricted crown land exports could harm both Canadian and American pulp and paper industries.
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Associated Press
New London
N. H
Edward Beck
Montreal
Canadian Pulp and Paper Association
Canada
United State
Society For the Protection of
New Hampshire
United States
Beck
Mr. Beck
Quebec
New England
Oklahoma Cotton Growers to Mobilize 300000 Bale Plan
Oklahoma City reports the Oklahoma Cotton Growers association will launch a campaign to recruit 30000 farmer members and urge them to dispose of 300000 bales of cotton, signaling a major growth push for the organization.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
Ardmore Oil Plant Sale Sets City Record
P A Norris of Ada and partners acquire the Ardmore Oil and Milling plant for 500000 dollars in the largest deal the city has seen.
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Ardmore
P. A. Norris
Ada
Ardmore Oil and Milling Company
Governor Robertson Names Leahy to Position
Pa w hs ka Oklahoma Governor J B A Robertson selects T J Leahy for a key post, details withheld in the fragment. The choice signals administrative shifts in state leadership during the period.
United States Senator and Swindall Accept Republican Day
United States senator and Charles Swindall Republican nominee for Congress wired their acceptance to attend Republican Day at the Kay County Free Fair on September 1.
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Charles Swindall
Number 40 For The Blood advertised by druggist
An advertisement touts Number 40 For The Blood from J. C. Mendenhall of Evansville Indiana. It claims efficacy against blood poisoning mercurial and lead poisoning rheumatism catarrh liver kidney and spleen diseases and notes relief of lesions patches and scrofulous enlargements. Sold by Gwin and Mays Drug Store.
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Wmitten
Weeman
U. S
J. C. Mendenhall
Evansville
Indiana
Gwin & Mays Drug Store
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